Shower-bath.



M. MAURY & W. C. MAGRUDER.

SHOWER BATH.

APPLICATION FILED N0v.17. I915.

1,21 5,681. Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

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M. MAURY & W. C. MAGRUDER.

SHOWER BATH.

APPLlCATlON FILED NOV. 11, 1915.

Patented Feb. 13, 1917. r

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MASON MAUBY AND WILLIJIT C. MLGRUDER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SHOWER-BATH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

Application filed November 17, 1915. Serial No. 61,941.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that we, MASON MAURY and \VILLETT C. MAGRUDER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jeffersonand State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Shower-Baths; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

Our invention relates to a structure that is designed for use as ashower bath. Prior to our invention so far as we are aware shower bathswere made or constructed in the following forms.

First, an entire room of 'a dwelling was used for the purpose. This sortof structure is objectionable on account of the cost of the marble ortile lining of such a room and the plumbing fixtures.

Secondly, shower baths in the shape of stalls, the water inlet or rosebeing situated at the top and the outlet in the floor at the bottom.Structures of this kind are objectionable for the reason that when aperson takes a shower a large part of the .water that strikes the bodyof the person after coming from the inlet nozzle is deflected orspattered out into the room instead of descending to the outletconnection at the bottom of the shower. Such baths are especiallyobjectionable when a number of them are used, the difliculty of thecontrol of the inlet water spray being thus aggravated.

Thirdly, there are certain types of shower bathlused in connection withan ordinary bath tub. One of these structures consists of a perforatedring serving as a water inlet superposed directly above the bath tub ata suitable height and connected to a source of water supply. On thisring is hung a rubber curtain and the person taking the shower issupposed to stand in the tub, turn on the water and then envelop himselfas best he can in the rubber curtain. This type of bath is objectionablebecause the greater part of the water used is defiected from the tub outupon the floor of the room in which the tub is situated.

Another type of shower used in connection with a bath tub consists oftwo or more rose nozzles attached to the water supply at one end of thetub at a suitable height above the same, the said nozzles being bentslightly inward the idea being to have the water that comes from thesame properly deflected into the will not be spattered out upon thefloor of the room in which the tub is situated. This construction alsofails'of its purpose because when a person uses such a structure intakmg falls or is spattered outside of the tub.

Shower baths, especially those that are much in use are often insanitaryon account of the water being spattered or splashed over the room inwhich the shower is situated in such a manner that it cannot reach theoutlet pipe at all or when it does so it is only after it has stood onthe floor of the room in which the shower is situated for a greater orless space of time. This'is particularly true in the case of showerbaths of the curtain type. Such curtains soon become foul and insanitaryas a greater part of the water is splashed upon the fioorof the room. Toremedv these and other defects is the object of our invention and Wehave succeeded in producing a simple compact form of shower bathstructure which can easily be cleaned and which absolutelv prevents thewater from being splashed over the room in which the shower bath issituated and moreover which permits the user to obtain practically thefull force and benefit of the incoming water. Our type of shower bath isnot only simple in construction but it can be created at a nominal costand can be shipped as a whole to any pointv where it is to be used andcan be easily set up. Preferred forms of our invention are illustr tedin the following drawings in which igure 1 is a vertical. elevationpartly in section of one form of our shower bath structure;

Fig. 2 is a sectionon the line m- -zv of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a View in perspective of another form of our improved showerbath structure and Fig. 4 is a section on the line y--g of Fig. 3.

Numeral 1, in Fig. 1 refers to a structure preferably of concrete whichis shaped or constructed in such amanner that the interior boundary lineof a horizontal section thereof is substantially in the shape of -aspiral. Of course, it is understood that when we say spiral we use theterm in a somewhat broader sense than it is used in the text books. Thatis'to say, we understand a spiral to be a curve that is generated by apoint revolving about a fixed point as a center and constantly recedingtherefrom tub so that the water a shower bath most of the water usedaccording to a given law. All that is necessary in producing ourstructure is that it be created of such form that the curve of theinterior wall of a horizontal section of the same will be so describedthat the outer end of said curve will overlap and pass by the inner endthereof substantially in the manner of a spiral.

The numeral 2 denotes as a whole the curved wall just described. It willbe noticed that this Wall beginning at the point marked 3, curves aroundto the point 4 and it will be noted that the point 4 overlaps andextends beyond the point 3. The structure shown in Fig. 1 is preferablyfaced with radius tile 5 and the joint 6 between such structure and thefloor of the room in which it is situated is rendered tight b suitabletiles 7 in connection with tiles 8 w ich form the bed or floor of theshower bath. It is understood that the floor 9 of this shower bath isslightly inclined downwardly and inwardly from the entrance at 10 towardthe outlet 11.

An important feature of our invention is the disposition of the inletnozzle or rose 12. Owing to the configuration of the curved wall 2 andthe slope of the floor 10 it will be apparent that by disposing theinlet nozzle or rose 12 so that water issuing from the nozzle 12 will bedirected inwardly and in the direction of the'part 13 of the wall 2,water striking the curved wall 2 will be directed around it in thedirection of the arrows 14 and 15 and will be prevented from spatteringinto the room. The water will moreover not only be prevented fromspattering out into the room through the entrance 10 but owing to thecurve of the wall 2 the water from the nozzle 12 striking the wall at ornear the point 13 will be directed around the Wall 2 and will be thrownoff at the point 3 toward the interior of the chamber and thence willescape through the outlet 11. Moreover if sufficient pressure of waterbe employed the person taking the shower will not only receive waterfrom the nozzle 12 but will also receive the water spray that is throwninwardly from the point 3 of the vertical wall of the shower asdescribed.

While we have referred to the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2 as madeof concrete and faced with tile it will be apparent that we mayconstruct the same of glass, porcelain, iron, etc., and omit the tilefacing as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. I

We attach great importance to the structure shown in Fig. 2. It will benoted that this structure is made in one piece and that there is not ajoint of any kind for water or dirt to collect in. Structures of thiskind may be made of porcelain, iron or glazed tile. The point to bear inmind is that the entire structure should be made in one piece and asaforesaid, there should be no joints shown. Structures of this type aresanitary, are easily cleaned and moreover owing to the peculiarconfiguration of the walls of the same the water from the inlet nozzlecan flow easily around the interior wall and absolutely be preventedfrom reaching the outside room.

We claim:-

1. A shower bath structure of such shape that the line of the inner wallof a cross section thereof describes substantially a spiral, thesurfaces of the inner wall being substantially smooth and unbroken, thebath comprising a water spray for directing the water toward the innerend of the wall.

2. A concrete shower bath structure of such shape that the line of theinner wall of a horizontal section thereof describes substantially aspiral, the surface of the inner wall being substantially smooth andunbroken, the bath comprising a water spray for directing the watertoward the inner end of the wall.

3. A concrete shower bath structure, the vertical, or side walls ofwhich are made in one piece and of such shape that the inner line of ahorizontal section thereof describes substantially a spiral, the innersurface of the side walls of the structure being substantially smoothand unbroken, the bath comprising a water spray for directing the watertoward the inner end ofthe wall.

4:. A shower bath, the side or vertical wall of which is curved with'theouter end separated a distance from the end of said wall andover-lapping it, the inner surface of the side or vertical wall beingsubstantially smooth and unbroken, the bath comprising.

a water spray for directing the water toward the inner end of the wall.

5. A shower bath the side or vertical wall of which is curved with theouter end separated a distance from the inner end of the Wall andoverlapping the same and a water spraying device disposed with relationto the side wall so that the water spray will be directed toward theinner end of the wall.

6. A shower bath structure, the vertical or side wall of which iscurved, the outer end of the wall being separated from the inner end ofthe wall and over-lapping it, the floor of the bath being slopedinwardly from the entrance, the bath comprising a water spray fordirecting the water toward the inner end of the wall.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names.

MASON MAURY. WILLETT C. MAGRUDER.

